With increased competition and a focus on other health care programs, FHN continues to make changes locally. As of Oct. 1, they will be closing their optical shop.
This action does not affect the ophthalmology department. In fact, FHN recently welcomed Dr. Hanny Isawi to the ophthalmology team. Cataract surgeries and other eye health programs will continue as they have in the past.
This is just another change to help improve the focus on health care at FHN. The decision to close the optical department came after consideration of the other options for eye care in this area.
Increased health care costs not only affect the consumer, but also health care providers. FHN continues to focus their mission on health care to see where it fits in their overall goal to provide the best health care to their patients.
Mark Gridley, FHN Vice President of Physician Affairs, said the decision was based on making sure people had other options in this area for their eye care.
“There are many fine options for eyewear in the greater Freeport area,” Gridley said. “We are comfortable that our good partners in these businesses, for whom glasses and contact lenses are a primary focus, will do a great job supplying these items for all FHN patients and customers.”
Gridley went on to say that eyewear is not part of FHN’s core mission and that cost-savings realized from this action will help FHN meet escalating costs in its core health care services arising from national and state-wide challenges, such as dramatically rising medical malpractice insurance and ongoing reductions in Medicare and other state reimbursements.
Ophthalmology Specialist
Isawi, an ophthalmology specialist, has joined FHN and is seeing patients at FHN Specialty Care — Harlem Avenue in Freeport.
Isawi is a graduate of Freeport High School and earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He interned at the University of Pennsylvania — Presbyterian Hospital and served his residency at Penn State Hershey Eye Center in Hershey, Penn.
“I am excited to be coming home to Freeport to help people achieve and maintain their best vision and eye health,” Isawi said. “Your vision is an irreplaceable resource, and today’s technology makes it possible to help patients suffering from cataracts and other eye diseases.”
This action does not affect the ophthalmology department. In fact, FHN recently welcomed Dr. Hanny Isawi to the ophthalmology team. Cataract surgeries and other eye health programs will continue as they have in the past.
This is just another change to help improve the focus on health care at FHN. The decision to close the optical department came after consideration of the other options for eye care in this area.
Increased health care costs not only affect the consumer, but also health care providers. FHN continues to focus their mission on health care to see where it fits in their overall goal to provide the best health care to their patients.
Mark Gridley, FHN Vice President of Physician Affairs, said the decision was based on making sure people had other options in this area for their eye care.
“There are many fine options for eyewear in the greater Freeport area,” Gridley said. “We are comfortable that our good partners in these businesses, for whom glasses and contact lenses are a primary focus, will do a great job supplying these items for all FHN patients and customers.”
Gridley went on to say that eyewear is not part of FHN’s core mission and that cost-savings realized from this action will help FHN meet escalating costs in its core health care services arising from national and state-wide challenges, such as dramatically rising medical malpractice insurance and ongoing reductions in Medicare and other state reimbursements.
Ophthalmology Specialist
Isawi, an ophthalmology specialist, has joined FHN and is seeing patients at FHN Specialty Care — Harlem Avenue in Freeport.
Isawi is a graduate of Freeport High School and earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He interned at the University of Pennsylvania — Presbyterian Hospital and served his residency at Penn State Hershey Eye Center in Hershey, Penn.
“I am excited to be coming home to Freeport to help people achieve and maintain their best vision and eye health,” Isawi said. “Your vision is an irreplaceable resource, and today’s technology makes it possible to help patients suffering from cataracts and other eye diseases.”
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